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Ladybird   /lˈeɪdibˌərd/   Listen
Ladybird

noun
1.
Small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests.  Synonyms: lady beetle, ladybeetle, ladybird beetle, ladybug.





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"Ladybird" Quotes from Famous Books



... of asking my Low-Norman fellow-rustics whether the ladybird had a name and a legend in the best preserved of the northern Romance dialects: on the score of a long absence (eight-and-twenty years), might not a veteran wanderer plead forgiveness? Depend upon it, Sir, nevertheless, that should any reminiscences ...
— Notes & Queries 1850.01.26 • Various


Words linked to "Ladybird" :   bean beetle, family Coccinellidae, Hippodamia convergens, beetle, vedalia, Epilachna varivestis, two-spotted ladybug, Rodolia cardinalis, Coccinellidae, Mexican bean beetle, Adalia bipunctata


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